Baptodoris

Baptodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.^[2]

Baptodoris
Baptodoris peruviana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Discodorididae
Genus:	Baptodoris Bergh, 1884[1]

The genus Baptodoris was originally classified by Bergh in 1891 in the subfamily Platydorididae (despite the use of suffix -idea), a subfamily of the family Dorididae. In 1934 Alice Pruvot-Fol elevated this subfamily to its new status as family Platydorididae.^[3] In 2002 Valdés has given the name Discodorididae precedence over the name Platydorididae.^[4]

The Sea Slug Forum however classifies this genus in the family Dorididae.

Species

Species in the genus Baptodoris include:^[2]

• Baptodoris cinnabarina Bergh, 1884 (junior synonym Platydoris maculata Bouchet, 1977 ) - type species of the genus
• Baptodoris mimetica Gosliner, 1991
• Baptodoris peruviana (d'Orbigny, 1837)
• Baptodoris phinei Valdés, 2001
• Baptodoris stomascuta (Bouchet, 1977) (originally Platydoris stomascuta Bouchet, 1977 )

Species brought into synonymy

• Baptodoris perezi Llera & Ortea, 1982: synonym of Gargamella perezi (Llera & Ortea, 1982)